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    Council to hold public hearing on skiff fee...
    By Emilie Springer • December 19, 2024 1:30 am

    The public hearing is scheduled for Jan. 13

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    City Planner Ryan Foster (left) reads out a memorandum as a preview to the planning commission’s discussion on implementing a moratorium for specific conditional use permit applications on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.
    Planning commission considers moratorium on conditional use permits
    By Delcenia Cosman • December 19, 2024 1:30 am

    The commission will continue the discussion in January before deciding whether to request City Council sponsorship on an ordinance

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    Community members examine illustrations of the three proposed growth plans created by the comprehensive plan rewrite project team during a community work session on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Title 21 code rewrite to begin in January
    By Delcenia Cosman • December 12, 2024 1:30 am

    Homer comprehensive plan project leaders updated the city council last month

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    Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, speaks to the Homer City Council on the Homer Spit disaster declaration during the regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.
    City council extends Spit emergency declaration
    By Delcenia Cosman • December 5, 2024 1:30 am

    The council also passed a resolution requesting borough and state disaster declarations

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    The southbound lane of Homer Spit Road, which was damaged by the Nov. 16 storm surge, is temporarily repaired with gravel and reopened on Thursday, Nov. 21<ins>, 2024, in Homer, Alaska</ins>. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Spit road reopened to 2 lanes
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 27, 2024 1:30 am

    Repairs and reinforcement against erosion will continue through December

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    Council to hold public hearings on ordinances
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 21, 2024 1:30 am

    The next Homer City Council regular meeting will take place on Monday at 6 p.m.

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    Jacobsen gives State of the City address
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 14, 2024 1:30 am

    City Manager Melissa Jacobsen gave her first State of the City address on Tuesday

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    Doyon representative Zach Dunlap (right) presents the revised application for the Lighthouse Village redevelopment during a special Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Planning commission approves revised Doyon application
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 14, 2024 1:30 am

    Nearly a year after their application first appeared before Homer’s Planning Commission, the conditional use permit for Doyon, Limited’s planned…

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    Bradley Parsons is sworn in as the newest Homer City Council member during a special meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.
    City council swears in new interim member
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 14, 2024 1:30 am

    Bradley Parsons will serve on the Homer City Council until the 2025 regular election

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    Erosion damage to the Homer Spit Road roadbed, caused by a severe winter storm event on Oct. 16, is photographed on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. The worst of the erosion occurred across the road from the Heritage RV campground office on the Spit. Photo by Bryan Hawkins
    City seeks state help for emergency Spit erosion...
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 7, 2024 1:30 am

    The Homer City Council passed a resolution calling for emergency erosion repairs on the Homer Spit

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    Homer reviews growth scenarios at community work session
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 31, 2024 1:30 am

    The work session was hosted by comprehensive plan rewrite project leaders last Tuesday

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    Planning commission postpones decision on revised Doyon application
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 24, 2024 1:30 am

    The commission held a special meeting on Oct. 16 on the revised Lighthouse Village redevelopment

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    The Economic Development Advisory Commission discusses the prospects of a citywide business licensing program in Homer, Alaska at their last regular meeting on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in the Cowles Council Chambers at Homer City Hall. Screenshot.
    City makes no move on business license
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 24, 2024 1:30 am

    Comments from the EDC recommend not creating a city business license

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